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OIL CAN.

No; 318,628. I Patented May 26, 1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Lette Application filed Janu To all whom it may concern- Be it known that we, DAVID M. KIRKPAT- RICK, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, and MELVIN J. FRENCH, residing at Preston, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Cans, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to oil-cans; and the object of the invention is to provide oil-cans with an improved construction of valve for regulating or checking at will the flow of oil, and to provide avent-opening with an improved form of cap or cover.

Vfith these ends in view the invention c011- sists in the improved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,

and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil-can constructed in accordance with our invention, showing in dotted lines the position occupied by the check-valve. Fig. 2 is 5 a side elevation of another form of can, showing our improvements applied thereto; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views ofparts detached.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate correspond- 0 ing parts in all the figures, A represents the can,which in this case has a conical upper end. 13 represents the spout, and O the handle, which may be of any preferred or suitable construction. At the upper end of the can is ar- 3 5 ranged a feed-opening which also serves as a vent when the oil is being discharged from the can. This opening is provided with ahinged cap or cover, a, which is provided at its opp0- site or free end with an outwardly-extending 0 wire arm, I), which is adapted to be connected with the devices for operating the check-valve,

as will be described.

E represents an arm or lever, which is bent about midway between its ends to form an eye 5 or loop, 0, which eye or loop is adapted to receive a bar or rod, f, extending across the neck (1 of the can, whereby said arm or lever is pivoted in place. One end of this arm or lever extends downwardly within the can, and is provided at its lower end with a disk, 6, having a facing of rubber or leather, 6, which is \VA; SAID KIRKPAITRICK ASSIGNOR TO CAN.

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adapted to close the opening at the lower end of the spout B.

Secured to the inner side of the can,and extending downwardly therefrom, is a U-shaped loop, f, through which the arm or lever passes, and which limits the downward movement of the same farther than a point necessary to allow theflow of oil through the spout. The other end of the arm orlever extends through a slot or opening in the neck. of the can down to the handle 0, and is bent to form a fingerpiece, g, as shown, which has attached to its under side a spiral spring, F, which is attached at its upper end to the upper end of the handle G or any other convenient point. It will be seen that by raising the outer end of the handle the valve will be removed from engagement with the opening of the spout.

The arm or lever E is provided with a short upwardly-extending arm, G, adjacent to the cap or cover of the neck, said short arm having a bent end, which is adapted to receive the arm of the cap or cover, and thus hold the same in position until the lever is raised or the arm on the same pushed out of engagement with the arm of the cap. As the cap or cover .is attached to the neck by a spring-hinge, it will be seen that when the lever is raised to disengage the valve from the opening of the spout that said cap or cover will be raised also.

In the modificationshown in Fig. 2 our improvements are shown as applied to oil-cans having fiat tops. In this case the lever E is pivoted or hinged in the neck of the can and bent at about its center to form a shoulder. The operation in that case is substantially the same as that already described.

The devices for controlling the air-vent and the check-valve are operated by a single movement of the lever, thus making it very convenient and easy to operate the same.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the pivoted arm E, having the arm G, a disk on the lower end of said arm E, of the spring-hinged cap having the arm Z), and a spring connecting the outer end of the arm E with the can, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an oil-can, of alever bent at about its center to form an eye or loop, a disk on the lower end of said lever, forming a eheek-va1ve, a bracket for limiting In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures 10 in presence of two witnesses.

the downward movement of the lever, a spring DAVID MARION KIRKPATRICK. 5 connecting the outer end of the lever with the MELVIN JOSEPH FRENCH.

can, a spring-hinged cap, a short arm on the 1 Witnesses:

same, and an arm on the lever connected there- V. J. STRONG,

with, as set forth. 1%. W. QUARLES. 

